Footprint Bolivia Handbook [Paperback]

Alan Murphy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000 | Series: Bolivia Handbook

Footprint's Bolivia Handbook is unmatched in its comprehensive coverage, from La Paz hotels to Amazonian national parks. This second edition is in the new highly acclaimed Footprint paperback and is part of the series whose flagship is the legendary South American Handbook. It includes highlights of Bolivia with colour photography, in-depth coverage of Bolivia's rich cultural heritage, practical advice on everything from rafting down jungle rivers to skiing down the world's highest piste, invaluable "Spanish for Travellers" and unique colour maps to help you plan the trip.

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From the Publisher

Dear Fellow Traveller Thank you for checking out the Bolivia Handbook. Footprint are an independent British publisher (based in Bath). We specialise in providing travellers with guide books that are second to none in terms of accuracy, recency and especially coverage. You will find that most of our guides are simply the most comprehensive available with in-depth information on history, culture and customs as well as practical travel information. Our major titles are updated ANNUALLY to ensure you have the best information to hand. If there are no reviews for this particular title we recommend you check out the reader reviews on the Peru and South American Handbooks which give a good flavour of how useful our guides are. Your might like to know that we also publish South American, Peru, Chile and Ecuador Handbooks and an extremely useful general guide to travelling: The Traveller's Handbook. Finally, whichever guidebook you choose, we would like to wish ou an exciting, illuminating and above all enjoyable trip! Best wishes Footprint

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Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Ntc Pub Group; 2nd edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0658006525
• ISBN-13: 978-0658006524
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 4.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,318,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A top drawer travel guide, May 11, 2000

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Allan M. Gathercoal "fdoamerica" (Norcross, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Footprint Bolivia Handbook: The Travel Guide (Hardcover)

A top drawer travel guide should not only give you reliable facts and information on the country you are going to, but paint pictures, tell stories and capture your imagination while stimulating your desire to go and explore.

The Bolivia handbook does all of these and more. Murphy's section on Culture is the best anthropological treatment in travel handbooks on the market today. He has a few week areas, but they are minor. His section "Responsible Tourism" (Eco-Tourism) could stand more in depth treatment of the state of ecology.

And, a personal area of irritation, especial for a "Yank", is Murphy (who is English) elected to use only the metric system, forgetting that most Americans have yet to grasp metric conversion. Thus, Lake Titicaca covers 8,300 sq. km., rises 5m each season and have temperature that get down to -25C. Hum. Recommended.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for the beginning and seasoned traveller. . ., February 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Footprint Bolivia Handbook (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this travel book: Even though my family-in-law is Bolivian, this book still offered new information (to them and me) and really helped me get around. Lots of practical info on banks and restaurants for the seasoned traveller. The best part is all the historical and cultural information which is an interesting read in itself. Very up-to-date with funny descriptions of some of the more adventurous activities in Bolivia. Highly recommended.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reply to 'A reader from La Paz', April 9, 2002

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Alan Murphy (Bath, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Footprint Bolivia Handbook : The Travel Guide (Paperback)

I was saddened by this review. As author of Footprint's Bolivia Handbook, and someone who lived in La Paz for a while, I have a deep affection for the country and its people. The accusation that I "speak in a very bad way" about the country is deeply offensive and shows that the reader hasn't bothered to read the text thoroughly before sharing their views. This guidebook is by no means perfect - no guidebook every can be - but at least it strives to be honest. Sometimes, unfortunately, certain people take exception to this policy.